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NGTS-26

Unclassified star • 1093.7 pc

Records

2

literature rows

Planets

1

system count

References

3

distinct source labels

TIC: TIC 392747437

Approximate color

from effective temperature

Canonical Summary

Adopted host values from one source row

Values come from the row with the most populated summary measurements. Missing values stay missing. Ranges and counts describe all source rows.

Stellar source: Bouchy et al. 2024 • System source: TICv8

Temperature

5550 K

5550 to 5616

2 values • 2 distinct

Mass

0.96 Msun

0.96 to 0.99

2 values • 2 distinct

Radius

1.16 Rsun

1.16 to 1.24

2 values • 2 distinct

Age

11.50 Gyr

single adopted value

1 values • 1 distinct

Luminosity

0.10 log(Lsun)

0.10 to 0.14

2 values • 2 distinct

Distance

1093.7 pc

single adopted value

2 values • 1 distinct

Planets

1

Stable across source rows

1

Scale Comparison

Radius against the Sun

Current adopted radius: 1.16 R☉ (circles scaled linearly by radius)

Sun

1.0 R☉ baseline

NGTS-26

1.16 R☉

System Layout

Known planets

1 planets linked to this host

NGTS-26 b

Transit

◌

Discovery

2024

Period

4.52 days

Radius

14.89 R⊕

Mass

92.81 M⊕

Eq. Temp

1331 K

NGTS-26 and Its Jupiter-Like Planet

NGTS-26 is a star 3570 light-years away with one known planet, NGTS-26 b, discovered by transit in 2024. A transit occurs when a planet passes in front of its star from our viewpoint, causing a small dip in observed brightness. The host star is 11.5 billion years old, has 0.96 solar masses, 1.16 solar radii, and a temperature of 5550 K. Its radius is larger than the Sun's, while its temperature is cooler.

NGTS-26 b is a Jupiter-like planet, a size class for objects exceeding 4 times Earth's radius. It has 14.9 Earth radii, 92.8 Earth masses, and an orbital period of 4.52 days. Its radius and mass are both larger than Earth's, and its mean density is 0.155 g/cm³, 0.0281 times Earth's.

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

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Evidence Summary

Rows

2

Stellar refs

2

System refs

1

Distancestable

2 values • 1 distinct

Parallaxstable

2 values • 1 distinct

Temperaturedisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

Massdisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

Radiusdisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

Agestable

1 values • 1 distinct

Luminositydisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

Surface Gravitydisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

Metallicitystable

1 values • 1 distinct

ST TEFFST MASSST RADST AGEST LUMST SPECTYPESY DISTStellar RefSystem Ref
55500.961.1611.500.10—1093.7Bouchy et al. 2024TICv8
56160.991.24—0.14—1093.7TICv8TICv8